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Is this something specific to Poland. I join Zoom calls via a browser (on a PC) all the time - it was not at all hard to figure out.

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No, just tested it out (in the US). I honestly had no idea there was a web client at all because of the pattern OP is talking about.

When I clicked the zoom link it opens a browser window and pops up a system dialog to launch the zoom app. After I hit "cancel" on that dialog I was on a page with a large "Launch Meeting" button (and no link to use the web version). Then, I clicked the "Launch Meeting" button and it opened the same system dialog again. Then, after I clicked cancel on that dialog a small link appeared at the bottom that says: "Having issues with Zoom Client? Join from Your Browser"

That’s so interesting, I’ve known about it from the very beginning of my introduction to zoom, back at the start of the pandemic when zoom was becoming ubiquitous someone released a chrome extension to always use the web client.

What if you open it in incognito mode? I haven't had to use Zoom for a while, but last time I did, it would automatically download an exe/pkg when opening the page.

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